diff --git a/Classes/Framework/FMEngine.h b/Classes/Framework/FMEngine.h
index d7b35cb..abd58c8 100644
--- a/Classes/Framework/FMEngine.h
+++ b/Classes/Framework/FMEngine.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 - (NSURL *)generateURLFromDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dict;
 
 - (void)performMethod:(NSString *)method withTarget:(id)target withParameters:(NSDictionary *)params andAction:(SEL)callback useSignature:(BOOL)useSig httpMethod:(NSString *)httpMethod;
-- (NSData *)dataForMethod:(NSString *)method withParameters:(NSDictionary *)params useSignature:(BOOL)useSig httpMethod:(NSString *)httpMethod error:(NSError *)err;
+- (NSData *)dataForMethod:(NSString *)method withParameters:(NSDictionary *)params useSignature:(BOOL)useSig httpMethod:(NSString *)httpMethod error:(NSError **)err;
 
 
 @end
diff --git a/Classes/Framework/FMEngine.m b/Classes/Framework/FMEngine.m
index d48808b..ed452db 100644
--- a/Classes/Framework/FMEngine.m
+++ b/Classes/Framework/FMEngine.m
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ - (void)performMethod:(NSString *)method withTarget:(id)target withParameters:(N
 		request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:dataURL];
 	} else {
 		#ifdef _USE_JSON_
-		request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[_LASTFM_BASEURL_ stringByAppendingString:@"?format=json"]]];
+		request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[_LASTFM_BASEURL_ stringByAppendingString:@"?format=json"]]];
 		#else 
-		request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:_LASTFM_BASEURL_]];
+		request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:_LASTFM_BASEURL_]];
 		#endif
 		[request setHTTPMethod:httpMethod];
 		[request setHTTPBody:[[self generatePOSTBodyFromDictionary:params] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ - (void)performMethod:(NSString *)method withTarget:(id)target withParameters:(N
 
 }
 
-- (NSData *)dataForMethod:(NSString *)method withParameters:(NSDictionary *)params useSignature:(BOOL)useSig httpMethod:(NSString *)httpMethod error:(NSError *)err {
+- (NSData *)dataForMethod:(NSString *)method withParameters:(NSDictionary *)params useSignature:(BOOL)useSig httpMethod:(NSString *)httpMethod error:(NSError **)err {
 	NSString *dataSig;
 	NSMutableURLRequest *request;
 	NSMutableDictionary *tempDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithDictionary:params];
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ - (NSData *)dataForMethod:(NSString *)method withParameters:(NSDictionary *)para
 		request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:dataURL];
 	} else {
 		#ifdef _USE_JSON_
-		request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[_LASTFM_BASEURL_ stringByAppendingString:@"?format=json"]]];
+		request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[_LASTFM_BASEURL_ stringByAppendingString:@"?format=json"]]];
 		#else 
-		request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:_LASTFM_BASEURL_]];
+		request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:_LASTFM_BASEURL_]];
 		#endif
 		
 		[request setHTTPMethod:httpMethod];
 		[request setHTTPBody:[[self generatePOSTBodyFromDictionary:params] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
 	}
 	
-	NSData *returnData = [FMEngineURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:&err];
+	NSData *returnData = [FMEngineURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:err];
 	return returnData;
 }